My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
years, and my kids always get so excited.

Tara

On 3/10/2012 10:04 AM, Tara wrote:
> My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
> conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
> way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
> elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
> The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
> years, and my kids always get so excited.
>
> Tara

I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. We had the butter we made on
crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.

On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:15:45 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
>cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. We had the butter we made on
>crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
>only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.

I made butter with my class a few times when I taught first grade and
we learned about Thanksgiving. It is a kick to see the children's
faces when the magic happens and a ball of butter starts rattling
around inside the jar. I had one legendary six year old wild child
who could shake those jars like you have never seen. He made the
butter come in record time.

We also made edible playdough to teach measuring capacity with cups.
Second grade teaches states of matter and they often make ice cream in
a bag to reinforce that concept. Our old first grade reader had a
story called From Seed to Zucchini. I would bring in a zucchini for
everyone to taste.

Tara

dsi1 wrote:

>I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
>cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. We had the butter we made on
>crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
>only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.

Did y'all pray for butter? If y'all didn't pray proper-like, you might
all have gotten SATAN's butter. Every drop you ate would increase the
heat when Satan eventually got you down in Hell.

On 3/10/2012 1:45 PM, Tara wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:15:45 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
>> cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. We had the butter we made on
>> crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
>> only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.
>
> I made butter with my class a few times when I taught first grade and
> we learned about Thanksgiving. It is a kick to see the children's
> faces when the magic happens and a ball of butter starts rattling
> around inside the jar. I had one legendary six year old wild child
> who could shake those jars like you have never seen. He made the
> butter come in record time.
>
> We also made edible playdough to teach measuring capacity with cups.
> Second grade teaches states of matter and they often make ice cream in
> a bag to reinforce that concept. Our old first grade reader had a
> story called From Seed to Zucchini. I would bring in a zucchini for
> everyone to taste.


Kick the Can Ice Cream is also fun to do.

On 3/10/2012 1:04 PM, Tara wrote:
> My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
> conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
> way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
> elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
> The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
> years, and my kids always get so excited.
>
> Tara


It's amazing how much kids don't know about the origins of their food.

Making bread, applesauce, butter, ice cream, etc. just amazes them. A
friend who taught in a very poor rural district in VT did all of the
above with her classes and what surprised her the most was that they had
no idea that pickles were made from cucumbers.

gloria p

On 3/10/2012 9:52 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 3/10/2012 1:04 PM, Tara wrote:
>> My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
>> conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
>> way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
>> elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
>> The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
>> years, and my kids always get so excited.
>>
>> Tara
>
>
> It's amazing how much kids don't know about the origins of their food.
>
> Making bread, applesauce, butter, ice cream, etc. just amazes them. A
> friend who taught in a very poor rural district in VT did all of the
> above with her classes and what surprised her the most was that they had
> no idea that pickles were made from cucumbers.

When I let it slip that I could milk a cow, some of my third-grade
classmates were surprised that milk didn't originate in the bottles.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

> When I let it slip that I could milk a cow, some of my third-grade
> classmates were surprised that milk didn't originate in the bottles.
>
> Jerry
Our 3 year-old daughter spent the day with Aunt Mae. When we went to pick
her up, she tattled, "Mama! Aunt Mae cooked dead naked chicken!"
Polly

"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>> When I let it slip that I could milk a cow, some of my third-grade
>> classmates were surprised that milk didn't originate in the bottles.
>>
>> Jerry
> Our 3 year-old daughter spent the day with Aunt Mae. When we went to pick
> her up, she tattled, "Mama! Aunt Mae cooked dead naked chicken!"
> Polly

What was she expecting... chicken McNuggets? Do you cook?

Jill

On Mar 10, 10:45*am, Tara > wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:15:45 -1000, dsi1
>
> > wrote:
> >I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
> >cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. *We had the butter we made on
> >crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
> >only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.
>
> I made butter with my class a few times when I taught first grade and
> we learned about Thanksgiving. It is a kick to see the children's
> faces when the magic happens and a ball of butter starts rattling
> around inside the jar. *I had one legendary six year old wild child
> who could shake those jars like you have never seen. * He made the
> butter come in record time.
>
> We also made edible playdough to teach measuring capacity with cups.
> Second grade teaches states of matter and they often make ice cream in
> a bag to reinforce that concept. * Our old first grade reader had a
> story called From Seed to Zucchini. * I would bring in a zucchini for
> everyone to taste.
>
> Tara

I made butter only one time after that and it was accidental.
Accidental butter is the worst kind of butter. OTOH, it must be
gratifying to teach kids at such an impressionable age.

On Mar 10, 11:36*am, George M. Middius > wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> >I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
> >cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. *We had the butter we made on
> >crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
> >only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.
>
> Did y'all pray for butter? If y'all didn't pray proper-like, you might
> all have gotten SATAN's butter. Every drop you ate would increase the
> heat when Satan eventually got you down in Hell.

As I remember, it was butter of the highest quality - holy butter. You
should only be able to have butter so good...

On Mar 10, 10:45*am, Tara > wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:15:45 -1000, dsi1
>
> > wrote:
> >I remember making butter in Sunday school when I was 7 or so. We put the
> >cream in jars and shaked, shaked, shaked. *We had the butter we made on
> >crackers. Evidently, this left a big impression on me cause that's the
> >only thing I remember about Sunday school when I was that age.
>
> I made butter with my class a few times when I taught first grade and
> we learned about Thanksgiving. It is a kick to see the children's
> faces when the magic happens and a ball of butter starts rattling
> around inside the jar. *I had one legendary six year old wild child
> who could shake those jars like you have never seen. * He made the
> butter come in record time.
>
> We also made edible playdough to teach measuring capacity with cups.
> Second grade teaches states of matter and they often make ice cream in
> a bag to reinforce that concept. * Our old first grade reader had a
> story called From Seed to Zucchini. * I would bring in a zucchini for
> everyone to taste.
>
> Tara

It must be gratifying to teach kids at that age.

I've made butter one time since then - accidentally. That's the worst
and saddest kind of butter. My daugher made some wine in her
microbiology class, I thought that was goofy cause she was 17 at the
time.

On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:04:32 -0500, Tara >
wrote:

>My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
>conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
>way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
>elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
>The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
>years, and my kids always get so excited.

Do the food safety police allow the kids to eat the bread?

Lou

On 3/11/2012 1:50 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:04:32 -0500, >
> wrote:
>
>> My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
>> conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
>> way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
>> elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
>> The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
>> years, and my kids always get so excited.
>
> Do the food safety police allow the kids to eat the bread?
>
The kids (and staff) ate the bread when I demonstrated bread-making at
the local school.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:50:44 -0500, Lou Decruss
> wrote:

>Do the food safety police allow the kids to eat the bread?

Of course!

Tara

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:35:21 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> I made butter only one time after that and it was accidental.
> Accidental butter is the worst kind of butter. OTOH, it must be
> gratifying to teach kids at such an impressionable age.

I've made butter on purpose and butter by accident. Unfortunately the
accidental butter was supposed to be sweetened whipped cream, so it
failed as butter.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:53:01 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 3/11/2012 1:50 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:04:32 -0500, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
>>> conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
>>> way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
>>> elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
>>> The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
>>> years, and my kids always get so excited.
>>
>> Do the food safety police allow the kids to eat the bread?
>>
>The kids (and staff) ate the bread when I demonstrated bread-making at
>the local school.

That's good.

Lou

sf wrote:

> I've made butter on purpose and butter by accident. Unfortunately the
> accidental butter was supposed to be sweetened whipped cream, so it
> failed as butter.

Yeah, but butter "on purpose" is good stuff! I'll be making it for St.
Patrick's Day (which we'll be celebrating on Sunday, since I'll be
working Saturday night). Unfortunately, I've had to completely overhaul
the planned menu. One of our diners has a sensitivity to seafood, so I
have to change the appetizer (cold oysters with hot buttered cabbage)
and the main course (pan-roasted cod with garlic-parsley new potatoes).
I'm still thinking it over.

Bob

In article m>,
says...
>
> sf wrote:
>
> > I've made butter on purpose and butter by accident. Unfortunately the
> > accidental butter was supposed to be sweetened whipped cream, so it
> > failed as butter.
>
> Yeah, but butter "on purpose" is good stuff! I'll be making it for St.
> Patrick's Day (which we'll be celebrating on Sunday, since I'll be
> working Saturday night). Unfortunately, I've had to completely overhaul
> the planned menu. One of our diners has a sensitivity to seafood, so I
> have to change the appetizer (cold oysters with hot buttered cabbage)
> and the main course (pan-roasted cod with garlic-parsley new potatoes).
> I'm still thinking it over.

Pah Bob you can't do that, you know I've been waiting for a cybertaste
of the oysters and cabbage recipe :-)
And I never heard of sensitivity to cod....

Janet

I love the smell of the fresh bread. It has a smell that lasts long.

Janet wrote:

>> One of our diners has a sensitivity to seafood, so I
>> have to change the appetizer (cold oysters with hot buttered cabbage)
>> and the main course (pan-roasted cod with garlic-parsley new potatoes).
>> I'm still thinking it over.
>
> Pah Bob you can't do that, you know I've been waiting for a cybertaste
> of the oysters and cabbage recipe :-)
> And I never heard of sensitivity to cod....

Over the last few months, this person got sick (for several days) after
eating seafood on three different occasions and three different types of
seafood, so she is extremely wary about consuming any seafood at all. As
Mark Twain said, a cat, having sat on a hot stove lid, will not sit on a
hot stove lid again. But he won't sit on a cold stove lid, either.

I'm a bit sympathetic to her outlook. In 1988 I got sick after eating
falafel. As it turned out, the illness was not related to falafel at
all; it had been incubating for a couple months. I *knew* that, but for
years after I still couldn't look at falafel without feeling queasy anyway.

The cold oysters with hot cabbage is still very much on my to-do list.
It'll just be some time when this person isn't joining us for dinner.

Bob